diff --git a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-combine-sink.c b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-combine-sink.c
index f5ceca5bd..b7e034698 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-combine-sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-combine-sink.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int module_combine_sink_load(struct client *client, struct module *module
 		return res;
 
 	data->manager = pw_manager_new(data->core);
-	if (client->manager == NULL)
+	if (data->manager == NULL)
 		return -errno;
 
 	pw_manager_add_listener(data->manager, &data->manager_listener,
diff --git a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-zeroconf-publish.c b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-zeroconf-publish.c
index fce8eff3b..5c5ae1989 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-zeroconf-publish.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/modules/module-zeroconf-publish.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static int module_zeroconf_publish_load(struct client *client, struct module *mo
 	}
 
 	data->manager = pw_manager_new(data->core);
-	if (client->manager == NULL) {
+	if (data->manager == NULL) {
 		pw_log_error("failed to create pipewire manager: %m");
 		return -errno;
 	}